Hotel Aguere, in the centre of La Laguna

The Aguere occupies an 18th-century noble house on Calle Obispo Rey Redondo, opposite the Teatro Leal, in the heart of La Laguna's historic centre. It has 22 rooms around a Canarian patio covered by a glass roof, and today it is run by the Rosa Hotels group. It has operated as a hotel since 1885, and both the Cabildo de Tenerife and La Laguna Town Council have awarded it their gold medal, the latter for a century of historic trading.

From a Lima-born captain's house to the 1885 hotel

According to the house itself, it was built in 1760 by Cesáreo de la Torre y Ceballos, born in Lima, captain of Güímar and a member of the Real Sociedad Económica de La Laguna. It was later the residence of the Bishop of Tenerife Luis Folgueras and a residential college of the Instituto de Canarias, before becoming a hotel. The building is protected as historic-artistic heritage, and what you notice most on entering is the patio, with the light falling from the glass roof onto the galleries.

The patio of Café Aguere

In that patio is the Café Aguere, open also to people who are not staying at the hotel: coffee, breakfasts, afternoon snacks and artisan cakes. The website does not publish opening hours or say whether breakfast is included in the rate; check when booking in its booking engine, where each option is chosen.

Standard or superior

The 22 rooms are of two types. The standard rooms have a 1.80 m bed or two 1.05 m beds, free wifi, heating, a work desk, television and safe, with a marble bathroom, hairdryer, magnifying mirror and toiletries. The superior rooms join two 1.05 m mattresses into one large bed, add a telephone and a safe that fits a laptop, and face the street. They are classic rooms, decorated with nods to the city's aristocracy: the air of an old house rather than design. The website gives no floor areas, maximum occupancy or rules on cots or pets; ask at [email protected] or on 922 31 40 36, where they speak Spanish, English and German.

For getting to Anaga

La Laguna is the western gateway to Anaga: from here you climb via Las Mercedes to Cruz del Carmen in about 25 minutes. Without a car, the La Laguna interchange, from where buses 076 and 275 go to Cruz del Carmen and the 077 to El Bailadero, is a walk from the hotel, and the tram takes you to Santa Cruz. For dinner nearby, Nómada is about 500 m away, on Calle Nava y Grimón. In the centre parking is difficult: the website does not mention its own garage, so ask when booking where to leave the car.